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I do not know how I missed it but in 2004, the Bush regency passed the unborn victims of violence act (UVVA). The UVVA codifies the assertion that life essential begins at conception it defines as follows:
“ d) As used in this section, the term “unborn child” means a child in utero, and the term “child in utero” or “child, who is in utero” means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.”
-Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unborn_Victims_of_Violence_Act)
This is some scary legislation at first glance. However, the frothing at the mouth anti-choice advocates seem to miss sub section c :
“(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the prosecution—
(1) of any person for conduct relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman, or a person authorized by law to act on her behalf, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law;
(2) of any person for any medical treatment of the pregnant woman or her unborn child; or
(3) of any woman with respect to her unborn child.”
At the same time, the right to get an abortion is still firmly in the hands of a woman. So go ahead, define a mass of cells as an unborn child (in the US), define it as the damn Pope, if the woman wants it gone, it remains her right to have it removed.
Hopefully Obama can make some of this go away and soon.
I recently finished a course in the sociology of the family. One of the dominant themes of the course was the gendered assumptions our society is based on. Like the Matrix, until you are shown what it is, you really do not understand it. One of the conditions of the paper was that I had to use a pop culture piece to illustrate how heteronormativity works in our culture. I chose the cartoon ‘Family Guy’ because it is a very offensive show and I was sure I would find heteronormative gold when I analyzed a couple of episodes. Sadly, I was correct…
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